Roald Amundsen (l.) shakes hands with Richard Byrd (2nd l.). This and other photographs were staged for photographers the day following Byrd's flight. An amused-appearing Lincoln Ellsworth looks on at right.

Roald Amundsen (r.) and Oscar Omdal (l.) in flying gear at the christening of the Junkers T-13 in which they planned to fly from Alaska to Spitsbergen.

Roald Amundsen in white cap in front of gondola door prior to departure of airship Norge on 1926 transpolar flight. Figure to right inside door appears to be Hjalmer Riiser-Larsen, second-in-command and navigator.